Medway bushfire risk

Of Medway’s 91 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 94.5% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Medway’s flood exposure is below the NSW average of 5%, and bushfire exposure is above the NSW average of 16.4%.

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0%
Of properties in a flood area
94.5%
Of properties in a bushfire area
91
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Medway

Flood and bushfire areas across Medway. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Medway

Medway sits in the Wingecarribee council area, which recorded 1,998 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 1,998 total. Figures are for the whole Wingecarribee council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Property values in Medway

Median sale price by property type, reported by postcode area — suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure.

Houses
$1,340,000+16.52%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026
Units & apartments
$748,000-1.97%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

Indicative postcode-area estimate — NSW medians are reported by postcode, so Medway shares this figure with nearby suburbs in the same postcode. Not a valuation of any specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).

Zoning in Medway

Medway is mostly residential. The most common zones:

Residential44% of properties

Low density residential — mostly detached houses on standard suburban blocks.

Zone: Low Density Residential

Environmental27.5% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Management

Rural25.3% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

School catchments in Medway

Medway can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Medway

At the 2021 Census, 11.9% of Medway’s 143 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English41.3%
Australian40.6%
Irish16.1%
Scottish14%
German4.9%
New Zealander4.2%

Top countries of birth

Taiwan7.7%
Scotland2.1%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Medway

Wingecarribee council approved 335 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

335
Dwellings/yr
254
Houses
81
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Wingecarribee council area (not just Medway). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.